Little Miss Sunshine on DVD–Don’t Go Another Day Without It

By Erika B. Webb
December 26, 2006 (Posted at 7:00 pm)

It’s said the definition of a dysfunctional family is a family with more than one member. In the newly released–on DVD–movie, Little Miss Sunshine, it takes six to incite the riot that will entertain, if not shake, your psyche to its core.
Brilliant directing causes squirmy discomfort from the start of the movie. The Hoover family exists in utter chaos. In the first few […]

Workplace: Personal Days, Sick Days

By April Masini
December 26, 2006 (Posted at 6:39 pm)

The flu season may just be beginning, but many employees are not calling in sick because of the sniffles. Instead, they’re using sick days to handle holiday-related stress like shopping, being with family, or taking mental health days.
How do absences — legitimate or due to personal needs — impact employers and businesses, and what […]